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Brian Bollinger

Contributing Writer
Kiplinger.com

Brian Bollinger is President of Simply Safe Dividends, a company that provides online tools and research designed to help investors generate safe retirement income from dividend stocks without the high fees associated with many other financial products.
Prior to starting Simply Safe Dividends, Brian was an equity research analyst at a multibillion-dollar investment firm. Brian also is a Certified Public Accountant and triple-majored in finance, accounting and entrepreneurship at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, where he graduated in the top 1% of his class.

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SLIDE SHOWJanuary 2019

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is one of the oldest and hallowed stock market indices in the world. Created in 1896, the Dow consists of 30 large-cap American companies, many of which pay dividends.
While ...

SLIDE SHOWAugust 2018

The conventional approach to funding retirement is to withdraw 4% of your savings in the first year, followed by “pay raises” in each subsequent year to adjust for inflation. Over a 30-year retirement, ...

SLIDE SHOWJuly 2018

High-yield dividend stocks typically play a vital role for investors planning for retirement. However, like many things in life, there is no such thing as a free lunch when it comes to income plays.
Many ...

SLIDE SHOWJune 2018

Mid-cap stocks are an overlooked and underappreciated area of the market for long-term dividend growth investors.
These companies, generally defined as stocks with market caps between $2 billion and ...

SLIDE SHOWMay 2018

More than a third of the companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index have hiked their dividends in 2018, and none have cut their payout, according to Howard Silverblatt, senior industry analyst ...

SLIDE SHOWApril 2018

Like clockwork, a core appeal of dividend growth investing is receiving steadily higher payouts each and every year. Rising income can help retirees combat cost-of-living increases, or higher dividends ...

SLIDE SHOWMarch 2018

Dividend safety is a core element of conservative income investing and selecting dividend stocks. Not only does a payout cut reduce a portfolio’s income stream, but it can also significantly hurt a nest ...

SLIDE SHOWMarch 2018

Many investors are familiar with some of the iconic businesses Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) has held stakes in for many years, or even decades. From Coca-Cola (KO) to Wells Fargo (WFC), ...

SLIDE SHOWMarch 2018

Two common goals in retirement are to generate safe investment income and preserve capital over the long-term. Certain high-dividend stocks can help accomplish both objectives as part of a diversified ...

SLIDE SHOWJanuary 2018

The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been around since the late 19th century and consists of 30 of the largest publicly traded companies in America. Most of these companies are proven leaders in their ...

SLIDE SHOWDecember 2017

Building a dependable portfolio of retirement stocks isn’t easy in today’s world of historically low interest rates and record-high stock prices. The 2.4% yield offered on a 10-year U.S. Treasury note ...

SLIDE SHOWNovember 2017

The Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index sits near a record high, and bond yields remain historically low. That has made it a challenge to earn a reasonable return without taking excessive risk. Fortunately ...